Ainārs Podziņš
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Ainārs Podziņš (russian: Айнарс Гинтович Подзиньш; born 16 March 1992, in
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,
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) is a Latvian and
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, currently playing for HC Kramatorsk of the UHL. For a longer period of time Podziņš, a native of Latvia, carried a Russian passport and even played for the Russian U17 national team. However, in the summer of 2010, after joining
Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...
, Podziņš managed to regain his Latvian citizenship. In December 2017, Podziņš signed for the
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of the UK
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. He has since had spells in Australia, France, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.


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Ainārs's blog on allhockey.ru
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